Police call delayed in fatal shooting

Updated 6:40 am, Friday, November 23, 2012

Police investigate the scene where a man was shot and killed at a home in the 2000 block of Delgado Street. Police say they were not notified of the shooting for almost 12 hours.

Police investigate the scene where a man was shot and killed at a home in the 2000 block of Delgado Street. Police say they were not notified of the shooting for almost 12 hours.

Photo: Kin Man Hui, San Antonio Express-News

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Police investigate the scene of a shooting victim at the 2000 block of Delgado Street on Thursday, Nov. 22, 2012.

Police investigate the scene of a shooting victim at the 2000 block of Delgado Street on Thursday, Nov. 22, 2012.

Photo: Kin Man Hui, San Antonio Express-News

Police call delayed in fatal shooting

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Police are investigating the fatal shooting of a man whose body was found Thursday afternoon, nearly 12 hours after investigators believe he was shot.

Police were called at around 3 p.m. to a home on the 2000 block of Delgado Street on the city's West Side. The victim, a man in his early 20s, was found in a back shed or garage apartment, behind the house.

Police said the man lived at the address with his girlfriend and her brother. The victim's mother came to the house Thursday, looking for her son.

The girlfriend was not immediately forthcoming, but eventually called police at the victim's mother's urging, said San Antonio Police Sergeant Jimmy Willingham.

Police arrived and found the victim in the back shed, which is detached from the main house.

There is some evidence to indicate the body was moved there from the house, Willingham said.

Officers believe the shooting happened at around 4 a.m. but it is unknown why they were not called immediately.

Police are calling the girlfriend's brother a suspect in the case, but have not provided his name or age.

They believe he was in the house when they first arrived but slipped out before they could speak to him. He was later found at his grandfather's house on Calaveras Street and was taken into custody but had not yet been charged as of 5 p.m.